sedate
pronunciation
How to pronounce sedate in British English:
UK [sɪˈdeɪt]
How to pronounce sedate in American English:
US [sɪˈdeɪt]
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- Verb:
- cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
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- Adjective:
- characterized by dignity and propriety
- dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises
Word Origin
- sedate (v.)
- "treat with sedatives," 1945, a back-formation from the noun derivative of sedative (adj.). The word also existed 17c. in a sense "make calm or quiet." Related: Sedated; sedating.
- sedate (adj.)
- "calm, quiet," 1660s, from Latin sedatus "composed, moderate, quiet, tranquil," past participle of sedare "to settle, calm," causative of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). Related: Sedately.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Delightful celadon gives a person sedate and refined feeling .
- 2. The doctors told me they 're gonna sedate her .
- 3. We gotta sedate her .
- 4. Throughout siberia , the mood in the train was sedate .
- 5. What gift would you recommend for a mature and sedate man ?